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Business is blooming for florist Sarah just weeks after coronavirus redundancy - Stoke-on-Trent Live
Sunday, July 05, 2020Sarah Jackson was made redundant just a few weeks ago and she's already set up a business that's blossoming.The 45-year-old florist was working at a flower wholesaler in Manchester before the pandemic forced flower shops to close their doors. Now she's creating floral arrangements from the living room of her Congleton home and has more than 1,000 followers for the Facebook page she set up in mid-May. "It's just gone absolutely bonkers," she said. "I've got so many orders coming in that it can be hard to keep up with them all. I'm working out of my living room at the moment, but I've got a shed arriving next week to work from." Sarah, who says she has been arranging flowers since the age of 10, decided to step in to help after she heard about people unable to buy funeral flowers during lockdown. One of Sarah's floral creations. Word soon spread and by early June she was self-employed and buying flowers from a branch of the wholesaler where she used to work. "A lot of people want to send thank... https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/business-blooming-florist-sarah-just-4237049
Florists face Mother's Day coronavirus quarantine challenges - Yahoo Finance
Friday, May 29, 2020That’s been the challenge for Beck’s, a family-owned florist and garden shop in Jackson, Mich. Last year at this time the shop had 400 orders, but as of Wednesday it only had 15. Becks was forced to remain closed until last week and estimates it lost $75,000 since Easter including at least 200 orders from the holiday, and hundreds more from canceled weddings, proms and other professional events.PRESERVED ROSES, A NEW VALENTINE'S DAY FAVORITE, LAST UP TO A YEAR" data-reactid="20" PRESERVED ROSES, A NEW VALENTINE'S DAY FAVORITE, LAST UP TO A YEAR“Some people still don’t want deliveries at home because of the possibility of contracting the virus,” Ellen Seydell, a part-owner, told Fox Business, adding that they plan to offer non-contact deliveries next week.“I don’t think it’s going to compare to orders from past years because of the selection,” she added, noting that they can only get basic flowers like daisies, carnations and lilies from wholesalers in Florida and California at the moment.31 percent of Americans reported buying flowers for the occasion." data-reactid="23" Beck's is just one of many local florists throughout the country dealing with supply chain issues during a time of year when many are ordering flowers. Last year, 31 percent of Americans reported buying flowers for the occasion.sluggish demand." data-reactid="24" And down south, some florists have been able to reopen, but they're also facing supply challenges and sluggish demand.HOUSE PLANTS BLOSSOM INTO BIG BUSINESS FOR STARTUPS" data-reactid="25" HOUSE PLANTS BLOSSOM INTO BIG BUSINESS FOR STARTUPSDespite industry-wide challenges, digital flower space seems to be blooming. New York-based 1-800 Flowers, which delivers fresh stems and gifts nationwide, on Thursday reported a total revenue increase of 12.2 percent for the first... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/florists-face-mothers-day-coronavirus-195151555.html
Berkeley Florist Remains Bitter That It Can't Do Curbside Sales While Whole Foods Sells Flowers Next Door - SFist
Sunday, July 05, 2020Last week, Ms. Simon told a reporter from ABC 7 that she planned to reopen Ashby Flowers for curbside pickups on May 8 along with other florists in the state just in time for Mother's Day, in defiance of Alameda County. But she later relented and chose to remain closed.In announcing the loosening of retail restrictions in his county on Wednesday, San Mateo County health officer Dr. Scott Morrow said, "The virus continues to circulate in our community, and this increase in interactions among people is likely to spread the virus at a higher rate. Whether these modifications allow the virus to spread out of control, as we saw in February and March and resulted in the first shelter in place order, is yet to be seen."As of Thursday morning, San Francisco had 1,999 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 65 people hospitalized, and Alameda County has 2,178 cases with 79 people hospitalized. San Mateo County has 1,536 cases with 63 in the hospital.Related: Mayor Breed Gives Green Light For Most SF Retail to Open For Curbside Sales and Delivery on MondayPhoto: Facebook... https://sfist.com/2020/05/14/berkeley-florist-bitter-about-curbside-retail-rules/
Local florist offering delivery specials to nursing homes - 13abc Action News
Sunday, July 05, 2020However, one Sylvania florist is trying to make the best of an awful situation. Jen Linehan owns the flower shop Beautiful Blooms by Jen in Sylvania, which has already seen its fair share in wedding cancellations. "Brides are all calling to apologize, and I tell them it's not your fault, we'll do the best we can to reschedule," says Linehan. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes are also closed to visitors. That's when Jen had the idea for "Blooms for the Blues" -- a special delivery rate to send a bud vase with some fresh blooms to lift the spirits of nursing home residents. Orders, including delivery, only cost $10.72. Customers can order online or over the phone at 419-517-8821 to maintain CDC social distancing guidelines. Linehan said the company is planning deliveries this Friday to Oakleaf Village and Franciscan Care Center. They will continue to check with other nursing h... https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Local-florist-making-smiles-bloom-568863591.html
Mill Pond Garden recommends hydrangeas for Cape Region - CapeGazette.com
Sunday, July 05, 2020There are many common names including lacecap, mophead, oakleaf, French, florist and smooth. There are 26 different species of hydrangea, some of them hybrids, and scores of cultivars of the most popular species. Mill Pond Garden recommends all hydrangeas be planted in well-drained soil with several shovels of quality compost dug in. The best is horse manure from a local stable.The most common type, hydrangea macrophylla, likes morning sun and some afternoon shade. To make their flowers bluer, add six shovels of peat moss and a cup of aluminum sulfate to acidify the backfill soil at time of planting. To make flowers pinker, add three to four cups of garden lime to make the soil more alkaline.All the other kinds of hydrangea like as much sun as they can get, at least seven hours to flower well. The truth is they tolerate shade rather than prosper. Many of the old-fashioned florist type hydrangeas are not good choices for the Cape Region – they flop open, get black leaf spots, dislike the heat and sun, or have their flower buds killed in hard winters. Mill Pond Garden’s recommendation is to keep it simple and go with the proven best choices by specific names.For named cultivars available in local nurseries, Mill Pond Garden recommends the following.Hydrangea macrophylla, for part shade, with varieties in lacecap (flat flowers), or mop (round flowers). The best cultivar choice is Endless Summer, a repeat bloomer mop head, available in blue or pink flowering cultivars, and Twist-n-Shout, a lacecap type. Other good mop heads are the dwarf City Line hydrangeas series in bright colors, and slightly smaller shrubs, bred in Germany.Hydrangeas are best not pruned until new growth is well out in spring; then only dead canes need to be removed. People often think they should cut them to ground in winter, but in spring they get lots of new canes but only leaves, no flowers. Macrophylla hydrangeas bloom on buds set in the previous year. Cutting off the canes removes all the flowering for the current year unless it is a repeat bloomer, and even then fewer flowers bloom very late in season.Hydrangea arborescens, Incrediball, likes full to part sun, has huge round white flowers totally covering the shrub, grows to six feet, is super hardy with flower buds surviving the worst area winters, and attracts butterflies and other pollinators. This hydrangea is native to North America. All of the arborescens type need a steel stake set close to the middle of the shrub to secure ends of a sturdy string looping out to support the canes, to keep them from flopping open, an ugly look. This is the only flopping hydrangea that is worth the effort of staking, and well worth it, for its spectacular bloom. Another beauty of the Incrediball is its very white canes in winter, which shine with the sun upon the... https://www.capegazette.com/article/mill-pond-garden-recommends-hydrangeas-cape-region/203567
Bookstores, florists among businesses that reopen in SCV - Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Sunday, July 05, 2020Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County to start up the economy, allowing higher-at-risk workplaces, such as bookstores, clothing stores, sporting goods shops, florists and car dealership showrooms, to open once again but only for curbside pickup and delivery for phone and online orders. Newsom and the county issued guidelines for establishments to follow as they prepared to open, including that they must adhere to physical distancing and disinfecting protocols, provide face masks to workers, increase pickup and delivery services and post a checklist sign of compliance at the entrance of each facility. Among the local businesses that reopened Friday was florist shop Sunflorist in Canyon Country, which kept busy with Mother’s Day arrangement orders.“It’s crazy, crazy, crazy. We’re really thankful for the reopening and it’s just in time to thank all the mothers who are working right now during a very tragic time,” said store manager Kimo Hernandez.While curbside pickup service is in the works, the shop is currently offering non-contact deliveries, where drivers drop off arrangements at home porches, without the need of a signature, Hernandez said, adding that employees are also practicing up to 12 feet of distancing and delivery workers are using special racks for safer pickup arrangements. Owner Henriette Norris prepares Mother’s Day arrangement orders for ... https://signalscv.com/2020/05/bookstores-florists-among-businesses-that-reopen-in-scv/
Preserved flowers are back. You can thank the pandemic - Sydney Morning Herald
Sunday, July 05, 2020COVID-19.Credit:Edwina PicklesAfter that, the requests came pouring in from people wanting some for their homes.“They’ve been very popular,” says Lampe, owner of Darlinghurst florist Floreat, adding that people are hanging them on internal doors of their homes and their front doors.How did preserved and dried flowers become such a major interior trend? When, as Vogue once put it, the “bad rap” dried flowers used to have meant that they were, “at their worst, associated with dusty homes and death”?Unlike the dried flowers of yore, this new preserved variety – frequently from south-east Asia – are usually dried, sometimes by freezing (though there are other methods) at their peak, and after having their colour extracted, have a new, bright colour, never seen before in nature, put back in.As a result of the new preserving process, they look like fresh flowers rather than the shrivelled dried flowers of 1980s drawing rooms. Many of the dried flowers that florists like Pearce are featuring retain their shape well, too, especially natives like paper daisies, billy buttons, and banksia.“They’re a different kind of beautiful,” says Rose Ottley, a Wollongong-based florist, of preserved flowers. “And they can last, if you look after them, for years.” Ottley's “everlasting terrariums”, dried vase arrangements, and pressed flower frames – with pansies, lavender and fennel flowers she’s pressed herself – have all grown in popularity during the pandemic.The preserved boom, says Pearce, not only appeals to the ecologically-conscious, but hops on the back of the floral trend that exploded over the Spring/Summer 2020 runways, with blooms of various shapes and sizes – some reminiscent of 1960s wallpaper, others three-dimensional – seen in confections from multiple designers, including Christopher Kane and Marc Jacobs.How to best care for your preserved and dried flowers? Keep them out of direct sunlight and anywhere moist, and dust with the cool air from your hair dryer.And remember that not everything can be preserved or dried.“People love pampas grass, but that’s a noxious weed, so I try not to use that,” says Ottley.Get our Morning & Evening Edition newslettersSamantha Selinger-Morris is a lifestyle writer for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Most Viewed in Lifestyle... https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/preserved-flowers-are-back-you-can-thank-the-pandemic-20200630-p557ho.html
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